The SEI helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, computer security, and process improvement. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Its core purpose is to help organizations improve their software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time.

Abstract

The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) facilitated an Army workshop, Beyond Technology Readiness Levels for Software, on August 10-11, 2010. The workshop, part of the ongoing Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP), was an attempt to develop an Army perspective on the “right” software information to gather and analyze at significant program decision points (especially Milestones A, B, and C) to determine readiness to proceed to the next acquisition phase. This report synthesizes the workshop presentations, discussions, and outcomes.